Transitioning to a different gender is a deeply personal decision. There are many unknowns and the added stress of how the workplace, and even customers, will accept the transitioning employee is very real. There are a variety of Federal, state and local laws that expressly protect workers based on their gender identity and sexual orientation.

There’s no place in today’s workplace for discrimination or harassment based on a persons’ gender identity or sexual orientation. We don’t have to agree with it. But what matters most is we show respect for all these types of differences.